Microsatellite markers for plants of the genus Triticeae and use thereof

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to novel microsatellite markers for wheats ( Triticum aestivum ) and closely related species (Genus  Triticeae ) and to the use of said markers for the genetic analysis of plants of the  Triticum aestivum  species.

This application is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 08/983,605, filed on 1 May 1998, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,720,137.

The invention relates to novel genetic, markers for wheats (Triticum aestivum L.) and closely related species (Tribus Triticeae) and to the use of said markers.

The most widely spread, known, DNA-based genetic markers are the so-called restriction, fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) markers., For using these markers, genomic DNA is digested with restriction enzymes, separated on agarose gels and transferred to nylon membranes (Southern Blot). Specific fragments are detected by hybridization with radioactively labeled DNA probes. When mutations occur in the region of the restriction enzymes used or when smaller deletions/insertions occur, polymorphisms between different lines are found, which are passed on stably and mostly codominantly. The use of RFLP markers in hexaploid cultivated wheat is possible only to a limited extent, since only very little polymorphism is detected in wheat in this manner.

It has already been described that microsatellite markers detect significantly more polymorphism between different wheat lines than do RFLP markers. This can be attributed particularly to the occurrence of multiple alleles per locus (Röder et al., Mol. Gen. Genet. (1995) 246, 327-333). Moreover, it is known that microsatellite markers have the advantage that they can be detected by way of PCR and that therefore large amounts of samples can be analyzed more easily.

It is an object of the invention to provide novel microsatellite markers for the genetic analysis of plants of the Triticum aestivum species, which markers are distinguished by a degree of DNA polymorphism, which is higher than that of other molecular probes, that have been developed previously for the wheat genome.

This objective is accomplished by claims 1 to 10. The inventive markers are based on the amplification of certain hypervariable genome sections, the so-called microsatellites, with the help of their polymerase chain reaction (PCR). For specific amplification, two primers, in each to the case left and the right in the flanking sequences, are required for each microsatellite locus. On the average, these primers are 20±3 bases long and are defined by their sequences. In principle, a microsatellite marker is a sequence tagged site (STS), which is defined by two specific primers. These primers flank, in each case to the left and the right, a so-called microsatellite sequence. A microsatellite sequence is defined as a tandem repetitive repetition of a di-, tri- or tetranucleotide sequence, for example (GA)_(n), in which n≧10. Composite microsatellite sequences also occur, such as (GT)_(n)(AT)_(n), as well as imperfect sequences, in which individual bases are mutated, such as (GA)_(n)CA(GA)_(n). Among various lines and varieties, there is variation in the number of repeats at a certain locus. After amplification of the microsatellites, this leads, by means of the specific primers in the flanking sequences, to PCR products of different length and, with that, to polymorphisms. These polymorphisms are passed on stably and can therefore be used as genetic markers. In some cases, null alleles (no visible fragment) also occur, when there are mutations within the binding site for the primers.

The separation and detection of the PCR products obtained can be carried out with different technical variants. For separating the fragments, highly resolving agarose gels, native polyacrylamide gels or denaturing polyacrylamide gels (=sequencing gels) can be used. Depending on the separation system, fragments are detected using ethidium bromide staining, silver staining or, after labeling the PCR fragments radioactively, using autoradiography. A further, very effective variation for separation and detection consists of the use of an automatic sequencer with dye- or fluorescence-labeled primers. For this purpose, it is necessary to synthesize a dye- or fluorescence-labeled primer from each microsatellite primer pair. PCR amplification results in a labeled product, which can be detected by the sequencing equipment. At the same time, dye- or fluorescence-labeled size standards are also separated for each sample in the same track. After that, special software enable the absolute size of each fragment, which has been separated, to be calculated and, with that, also permits fragments from different gel runs to be compared. With this method, several hundred samples can be analyzed largely automatically in a day.

Pursuant to the invention, microsatellite markers are made available, which contain the following primer pairs with assigned microsatellite sequences or a number thereof and amplify the loci of all chromosomes of the wheat genome and therefore find use for gene marking.

WMS Length (bp Annealing Number WMS Primer Left WMS Primer Right in “cs”) Repeat Type Temperature WMS052 5′ CTA TGA GGC GGA GGT TGA AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 1) 5′ TGC GGT GCT CTT CCA TTT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 2) 150 GTimp 60° C. WMS055 5′ GCA TCT GGT ACA CTA GCT GCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 3) 5′ TCA TGG ATG CAT CAC ATC CT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 4) 127 CTimp 60° C. WMS057 5′ TCG ATT CTG AAA GGT TCA TCG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 5) 5′ CGA TCA AGT AGT TGA AAG CGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 6) 224 AAAAAimp 60° C. WMS058 5′ TCT GAT CCC GTG AGT GTA ACA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 7) 5′ GAA AAA AAT TGC ATA TGA GCC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 8) 118 CA 60° C. WMS060 5′ TGT CCT ACA CGG ACC ACG T 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 9) 5′ GCA TTG ACA GAT GCA CAC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 10) 211 CA 60° C. WMS063 5′ TCG ACC TGA TCG CCC CTA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 11) 5′ CGC CCT GGG TGA TGA ATA GT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 12) 271 GAA,CA,TA 60° C. WMS067 5′ ACC ACA CAA ACA AGG TAA GCG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 13) 5′ CAA CCC TCT TAA TTT TGT TGG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 14) 85 CA 60° C. WMS068 5′ AGG CCA GAA TCT GGG AAT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 15) 5′ CTC CCT AGA TGG GAG AAG GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 16) 182 GA 60° C. WMS070 5′ AGT GGC TGG GAG AGT GTC AT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 17) 5′ GCC CAT TAC CGA GGA CAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 18) 194 GT 60° C. WMS071 5′ GGC AGA GCA GCG ACA CTC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 19) 5′ CAA GTG GAG CAT TAG GTA CAC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 20) 128 GT 60° C. WMS077 5′ ACA AAG GTA AGC AGC ACC TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 21) 5′ ACC CTC TTG CCC GTG TTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 22) 153 CA,GA 55° C. WMS082 5′ ACG TTA GAA GGT GCA ATG GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 23) 5′ AGT GGA TGC ACC GAC TTT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 24) 152 GT,GAimp 60° C. WMS088 5′ CAC TAC AAC TAT GCG CTC GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 25) 5′ TCC ATT GGC TTC TCT CTC AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 26) 121 GT 60° C. WMS095 5′ GAT CAA ACA CAC ACC CCT CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 27) 5′ AAT GCA AAG TGA AAA ACC CG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 28) 121 CA 60° C. WMS099 5′ AAG ATG GAC GTA TGC ATC ACA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 29) 5′ GCC ATA TTT GAT GAC GCA TA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 30) 119 CA 60° C. WMS102 5′ TCT CCC ATC CAA CGC CTC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 31) 5′ TGT TGG TGG CTT GAC TAT TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 32) 143 CT 60° C. WMS106 5′ CTG TTC TTG CGT GGC ATT AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 33) 5′ AAT AAG GAC ACA ATT GGG ATG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 34) 139 GA 60° C. WMS107 5′ ATT AAT ACC TGA GGG AGC TGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 35) 5′ GGT CTC AGG AGC AAG AAC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 36) 195 CT 60° C. WMS108 5′ CGA CAA TCG GGT CTT AGC AT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 37) 5′ TGC ACA CTT AAA TTA CAT CCG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 38) 132 GTimp 60° C. WMS111 5′ TCT GTA GGC TCT CTC CGA CTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 39) 5′ ACC TGA TCA GAT CCC ACT CG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 40) 205 CT,GT 55° C. WMS112 5′ CTA AAC ACG ACA GCG GTG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 41) 5′ GAT ATG TGA GCA GCG GTC AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 42) 101 CTimp 55° C. WMS113 5′ ATT CGA GGT TAG GAG GAA GAG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 43) 5′ GAG GGT CGG CCT ATA AGA CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 44) 148 GT 60° C. WMS114 5′ ACA AAC AGA AAA TCA AAA CCC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 45) 5′ ATC CAT CGC CAT TGG AGT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 46) 206 (177) GA 60° C. WMS118 5′ GAT GTT GCC ACT TGA GCA TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 47) 5′ GAT TAG TCA AAT GGA ACA CCC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 48) 110 CA 60° C. WMS119 5′ TGA CTA ACA TCC TTT GTC ACG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 49) 5′ CAT GTC TCA ACC ACC CAC AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 50) 181 GTimp 55° C. WMS120 5′ GAT CCA CCT TCC TCT CTC TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 51) 5′ GAT TAT ACT GGT GCC GAA AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 52) 139 CT,CA 55° C. WMS121 5′ TCC TCT ACA AAC AAA CAC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 53) 5′ CTC GCA ACT AGA GGT GTA TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 54) 143 CA 50° C. WMS122 5′ GGG TGG GAG AAA GGA GAT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 55) 5′ AAA CCA TCC TCC ATC CTG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 56) 149 CT,CA 60° C. WMS124 5′ GCC ATG GCT ATC ACC CAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 57) 5′ ACT GTT CGG TGC AAT TTG AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 58) 213 CT,GTimp 60° C. WMS126 5′ CAC ACG CTC CAC CAT GAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 59) 5′ GTT GAG TTG ATG CGG GAG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 60) 196 CA 60° C. WMS128 5′ AGC ACA TTT TAA CAC AGA TA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 61) 5′ ATC TGT GAA ATT TTG AAA AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 62) 176 CA 50° C. WMS129 5′ TCA GTG GGC AAG CTA CAC AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 63) 5′ AAA ACT TAG TAG CCG CGT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 64) 221 GTimp 55° C. WMS130 5′ AGC TCT GCT TCA CGA GGA AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 65) 5′ CTC CTC TTT ATA TCG CGT CCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 66) 113 GT 60° C. WMS131 5′ AAT CCC CAC CGA TTC TTC TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 67) 5′ AGT TCG TGG GTC TCT GAT GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 68) 131 CT 60° C. WMS132 5′ TAC CAA ATC GAA ACA CAT CAG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 69) 5′ CAT ATC AAG GTC TCC TTC CCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 70) 119 GA,GAA 60° C. WMS133 5′ ATC TAA ACA AGA CGG CGG TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 71) 5′ ATC TGT GAC AAC CGG TGA GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 72) 118 CT 60° C. WMS134 5′ CAT GGA ACT TAG ACA GAT TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 73) 5′ CAG TAC TTG GTA CTG AAC AGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 74) 111 CA 60° C. WMS135 5′ TGT CAA CAT CGT TTT GAA AAG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 75) 5′ ACA CTG TCA ACC TGG CAA TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 76) 143 GA 55° C. WMS136 5′ GAC AGC ACC TTG CCC TTT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 77) 5′ CAT CGG CAA CAT GCT CAT C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 78) 296 CT 60° C. WMS140 5′ ATG GAG ATA TTT GGC CTA CAA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 79) 5′ CTT GAC TTC AAG GCG TGA CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 80) 251 CT 55° C. WMS144 5′ TTT GCT GTG GTA CGA AAC ATA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 81) 5′ ACT CAC AAA TGT CTA ATA AAA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 82) 200 GT 50° C. WMS146 5′ CCA AAA AAA CTG CCT GCA TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 83) 5′ CTC TGG CAT TGC TCC TTG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 84) 162 GAimp 60° C. WMS148 5′ GTG AGG CAG CAA GAG AGA AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 85) 5′ CAA AGC TTG ACT CAG ACC AAA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 86) 163 CA 60° C. WMS149 5′ CAT TGT TTT CTG CCT CTA GCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 87) 5′ CTA GCA TCG AAC CTG AAC AAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 88) 161 GA 55° C. WMS153 5′ GAT CTC GTC ACC CGG AAT TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 89) 5′ TGG TAG AGA AGG ACG GAG AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 90) 188 GA 60° C. WMS154 5′ TCA CAG AGA GAG AGG GAG GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 91) 5′ ATG TGT ACA TGT TGC CTG CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 92) 102 GA 55° C. WMS155 5′ CAA TCA TTT CCC CCT CCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 93) 5′ AAT CAT TGG AAA TCC ATA TGC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 94) 141 CT 60° C. WMS156 5′ CCA ACC GTG CTA TTA GTC ATT C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 95) 5′ CAA TGC AGG CCC TCC TAA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 96) 277 GT 60° C. WMS157 5′ GTC GTC GCG GTA AGC TTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 97) 5′ GAG TGA ACA CAC GAG GCT TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 98) 106 CT 60° C. WMS159 5′ GGG CCA ACA CTG GAA CAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 99) 5′ GCA GAA GCT TGT TGG TAG GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 100) 192 GT 60° C. WMS160 5′ TTC AAT TCA GTC TTG GCT TGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 101) 5′ CTG CAG GAA AAA AAG TAC ACC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 102) 184 GA 60° C. WMS161 5′ GAT CGA GTG ATG GCA GAT GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 103) 5′ TGT GAA TTA CTT GGA CCT GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 104) 154 CT 60° C. WMS162 5′ AGT GGA TCG ACA AGG CTC TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 105) 5′ AGA AGA AGC AAA GCC TTC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 106) 208 CA 60° C. WMS163 5′ ACC TCG ACA GAC CTG GTA CG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 107) 5′ GTC TTT GTC ACC CGA TGG AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 108) 127 CT 55° C. WMS164 5′ ACA TTT CTC CCC CAT CGT C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 109) 5′ TTG TAA ACA AAT CGC ATG CG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 110) 120 CT 55° C. WMS165 5′ TGC AGT GGT CAG ATG TTT CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 111) 5′ CTT TTC TTT CAG ATT GCG CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 112) 199 GA 60° C. WMS169 5′ ACC ACT GCA GAG AAC ACA TAC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 113) 5′ GTG CTC TGC TCT AAG TGT GGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 114) 196 GA 60° C. WMS174 5′ GGG TTC CTA TCT GGT AAA TCC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 115) 5′ GAC ACA CAT GTT CCT GCC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 116) 173 CT 55° C. WMS179 5′ AAG TTG AGT TGA TGC GGG AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 117) 5′ CCA TGA CCA GCA TCC ACT C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 118) 181 GT 55° C. WMS180 5′ ATC CGC CTA AGG AAT AGT GT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 119) 5′ GAT CGC ACG GGA GAG AGA G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 120) 84 CT 50° C. WMS181 5′ TCA TTG GTA ATG AGG AGA GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 121) 5′ GAA CCA TTC ATG TGC ATG TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 122) 135 GA 50° C. WMS182 5′ TGA TGT AGT GAG CCC ATA GGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 123) 5′ TTG CAC ACA GCC AAA TAA GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 124) 165 CT 60° C. WMS186 5′ GCA GAG CCT GGT TCA AAA AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 125) 5′ CGC CTC TAG CGA GAG CTA TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 126) 140 GA 60° C. WMS189 5′ AGG AGC AGC GGA ACG AAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 127) 5′ AGA AAT ACG GAA ACC CAC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 128) 117 CA 55° C. WMS190 5′ GTG CTT GCT GAG CTA TGA GTC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 129) 5′ GTG CCA CGT GGT ACC TTT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 130) >201 CT,GT 60° C. WMS191 5′ AGA CTG TTG TTT GCG GGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 131) 5′ TAG CAC GAC AGT TGT ATG CAT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 132) 128 CT 60° C. WMS192 5′ GGT TTT CTT TCA GAT TGC GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 133) 5′ CGT TGT CTA ATC TTG CCT TGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 134) 191 CT 60° C. WMS193 5′ CTT TGT GCA CCT CTC TCT CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 135) 5′ AAT TGT GTT GAT GAT TTG GGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 136) 171 CT,CA 60° C. WMS194 5′ GAT CTG CTC TAC TCT CCT CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 137) 5′ CGA CGC AGA ACT TAA ACA AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 138) 131 CT 50° C. WMS195 5′ AGG TGC CGT CGC GTC TAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 139) 5′ ACC CCC CAC GTC AGA GAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 140) 108 CT 60° C. WMS197 5′ GAG AAA GAG GTC TGG AGG TCG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 141) 5′ CAA AAT GCA CAA GAA TGG AGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 142) 126 CT 60° C. WMS198 5′ TTG AAC CGG AAG GAG TAC AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 143) 5′ TCA GTT TAT TTT GGG CAT GTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 144) 130 CA 60° C. WMS200 5′ TCA ACG GAA CAG ATG AGC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 145) 5′ GAC CTG ATG AGA GCA AGC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 146) 250 CT 60° C. WMS203 5′ CCC AAA GCA GCG CAA GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 147) 5′ ACC AAT GCT ATC GGC TCG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 148) 139 CA,GA 55° C. WMS205 5′ CGA CCC GGT TCA CTT CAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 149) 5′ AGT CGC CGT TGT ATA GTG CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 150) 152 CT 60° C. WMS210 5′ TGC ATC AAG AAT AGT GTG GAA G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 151) 5′ TGA GAG GAA GGC TCA CAC CT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 152) 192 GA 60° C. WMS212 5′ AAG CAA CAT TTG CTG CAA TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 153) 5′ TGC AGT TAA CTT GTT GAA AGG A 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 154) 104 CT 60° C. WMS213 5′ TGC CTG GCT CGT TCT ATC TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 155) 5′ CTA GCT TAG CAC TGT CGC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 156) 184 GA 60° C. WMS218 5′ CGG CAA ACG GAT ATC GAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 157) 5′ AAC AGT AAC TCT CGC CAT AGC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 158) 149 CT 60° C. WMS219 5′ GAT GAG CGA CAC CTA GCC TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 159) 5′ GGG GTC CGA GTC CAC AAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 160) 181 GAimp 60° C. WMS224 5′ TGA GTC CAG CAC TGC TGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 161) 5′ CAA CAT CCG CTC GTA TTC AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 162) 142 CT 50° C. WMS228 5′ TCA TAT GCA CCT CTT TCC TAG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 163) 5′ GTG TGC CAC CTT TGA CGT C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 164) 210 CT,CA 60° C. WMS231 5′ AGC TCG GGA TGA AGC GTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 165) 5′ GAT CCG CCG CTG CGT TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 166) 130 GAimp 60° C. WMS232 5′ ATC TCA ACG GCA AGC CG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 167) 5′ CTG ATG CAA GCA ATC CAC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 168) 141 GA 55° C. WMS233 5′ TCA AAA CAT AAA TGT TCA TTG GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 169) 5′ TCA ACC GTG TGT AAT TTT GTC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 170) 261 CT 60° C. WMS234 5′ GAG TCC TGA TGT GAA GCT GTT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 171) 5′ CTC ATT GGG GTG TGT ACG TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 172) 241 CT,CA 55° C. WMS237 5′ GAA TCA CTT GTG AAG CAT CTG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 173) 5′ CTG GAT GCA TCA CAT CCA AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 174) 137 CT 55° C. WMS238 5′ TCG CTT CTA CCG CTC ACC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 175) 5′ AGT GCC TTG CCG AGG TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 176) 204 CT,GT,GGGT 55° C. WMS241 5′ TCT TCC AAC TAA AGC ATA GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 177) 5′ CTT CCA TGG ACT ACA TAC TAG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 178) 146 GA 55° C. WMS242 5′ TCC AAG GCA GTA GGC AGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 179) 5′ TGT TGT TGG CCT GTA TGC AT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 180) 142 GA 55° C. WMS244 5′ GGC AGC TGA GGC AAT CTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 181) 5′ TTT GGA CAT TTC CCA GCG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 182) 227 CAimp 60° C. WMS245 5′ CAG CGC AGT TAG CTC GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 183) 5′ ATC TGT CCA TTC GAG CGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 184) 141 CT 60° C. WMS247 5′ GCA ATC TTT TTT CTG ACC ACG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 185) 5′ ATG TGC ATG TCG GAC GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 186) 158 GA 60° C. WMS248 5′ AGG ACT TCC GCA CCC TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 187) 5′ TGG CGT GGT CTA AAT GGA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 188) 185 CA 60° C. WMS249 5′ CAA ATG GAT CGA GAA AGG GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 189) 5′ CTG CCA TTT TTC TGG ATC TAC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 190) 177 GAimp 60° C. WMS251 5′ CAA CTG GTT GCT ACA CAA GCA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 191) 5′ GGG ATG TCT GTT CCA TCT TAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 192) 103 CA 55° C. WMS255 5′ CAA CTG TAC GTA GGT TTC ATT GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 193) 5′ TCT GCC GTA AGT CGC CTC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 194) 148 GA 55° C. WMS257 5′ AGA GTG CAT GGT GGG ACG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 195) 5′ CCA AGA CGA TGC TGA AGT CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 196) 192 GT 60° C. WMS258 5′ GAT CGC TTC ATC TCT CTC TCT C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 197) 5′ GTA CAC GCC GTA GGC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 198) >81 CT 60° C. WMS259 5′ AGG GAA AAG ACA TCT TTT TTT TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 199) 5′ CGA CCG ACT TCG GGT TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 200) 105 GA 55° C. WMS260 5′ GCC CCC TTG CAC AAA TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 201) 5′ CGC AGC TAC AGG AGG CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 202) 157 GA 55° C. WMS261 5′ CTC CCT GTA CGC CTA AGG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 203) 5′ CTC GCG CTA CTA GCC ATT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 204) 192 CT 55° C. WMS263 5′ TCT GCC GTA AGT CGC CTC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 205) 5′ GGT TTC ATT GCT TGC CCT AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 206) 134 CT 55° C. WMS264 5′ GAG AAA CAT GCC GAA CAA CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 207) 5′ GCA TGC ATG AGA ATA GGA ACT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 208) 219 CA 60° C. WMS265 5′ TGT TGC GGA TGG TCA CTA TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 209) 5′ GAG TAC ACA TTT GGC CTC TGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 210) 200 CT 55° C. WMS268 5′ AGG GGA TAT GTT GTC ACT CCA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 211) 5′ TTA TGT GAT TGC GTA CGT ACC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 212) 241 GAimp 55° C. WMS269 5′ TGC ATA TAA ACA GTC ACA CAC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 213) 5′ TTT GAG CTC CAA AGT GAG TTA GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 214) >148 CA 60° C. WMS271 5′ CAA GAT CGT GGA GCC AGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 215) 5′ AGC TGC TAG CTT TTG GGA CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 216) 162 CT,GA 60° C. WMS272 5′ TGC TCT TTG GCG AAT ATA TGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 217) 5′ GTT CAA AAC AAA TTA AAA GGC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 218) 140 CA 55° C. WMS273 5′ ATT GGA CGG ACA GAT GCT TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 219) 5′ AGC AGT GAG GAA GGG GAT C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 220) 167 GA 55° C. WMS274 5′ AAC TTG CAA AAC TGT TCT GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 221) 5′ TAT TTG AAG CGG TTT GAT TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 222) 179 GT 50° C. WMS275 5′ AAT TTT CTT CCT CAC TTA TTC T 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 223) 5′ AAC AAA AAA TTA GGG CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 224) 107 CT 50° C. WMS276 5′ ATT TGC CTG AAG AAA ATA TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 225) 5′ AAT TTC ACT GCA TAC ACA AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 226) 99 CT 55° C. WMS278 5′ GTT GCT TCA TGA ACG CTC AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 227) 5′ CTG CCC AAT TTT CTC CAC TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 228) 241 GTimpGAimp 55° C. WMS281 5′ CGG CCA TAT TTC TGT AAG TAT GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 229) 5′ GCA GGT AAT GGC CGG AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 230) 135 CT 60° C. WMS282 5′ TTG GCC GTG TAA GGC AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 231) 5′ TCT CAT TCA CAC ACA ACA CTA GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 232) 220 GA 55° C. WMS284 5′ AAT GAA AAA ACA CTT GCG TGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 233) 5′ GCA CAT TTT TCA CTT TCG GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 234) 123 GA 60° C. WMS285 5′ ATG ACC CTT CTG CCA AAC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 235) 5′ ATC GAC CGG GAT CTA GCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 236) 243 GA 60° C. WMS291 5′ CAT CCC TAC GCC ACT CTG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 237) 5′ AAT GGT ATC TAT TCC GAC CCG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 238) >158 CA 60° C. WMS292 5′ TCA CCG TGG TCA CCG AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 239) 5′ CCA CCG AGC CGA TAA TGT AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 240) 220 CT 60° C. WMS293 5′ TAC TGG TTC ACA TTG GTG CG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 241) 5′ TCG CCA TCA CTC GTT CAA G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 242) 201 CA 55° C. WMS294 5′ GGA TTG GAG TTA AGA GAG AAC CG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 243) 5′ GCA GAG TGA TCA ATG CCA GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 244) 100 GAimp 55° C. WMS295 5′ GTG AAG CAG ACC CAC AAC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 245) 5′ GAC GGC TGC GAC GTA GAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 246) 258 GA 60° C. WMS296 5′ AAT TCA ACC TAC CAA TCT CTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 247) 5′ GCC TAA TAA ACT GAA AAC GAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 248) 149 CT 55° C. WMS297 5′ ATC GTC ACG TAT TTT GCA ATG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 249) 5′ TGC GTA AGT CTA GCA TTT TCT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 250) 150 GT,GA 55° C. WMS299 5′ ACT ACT TAG GCC TCC CGC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 251) 5′ TGA CCC ACT TGC AAT TCA TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 252) 208 GA,TAG 55° C. WMS301 5′ GAG GAG TAA GAC ACA TGC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 253) 5′ GTG GCT GGA GAT TCA GGT TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 254) 204 GA,G 55° C. WMS302 5′ GCA AGA AGC AAC AGC AGT AAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 255) 5′ CAG ATG CTC TTC TCT GCT GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 256) 180 (340) GA 60° C. WMS304 5′ AGG AAA CAG AAA TAT CGC GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 257) 5′ AGG ACT GTG GGG AAT GAA TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 258) 217 CT 55° C. WMS311 5′ TCA CGT GGA AGA CGC TCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 259) 5′ CTA CGT GCA CCA CCA TTT TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 260) 151 GA 60° C. WMS312 5′ ATC GCA TGA TGC ACG TAG AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 261) 5′ ACA TGC ATG CCT ACC TAA TGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 262) 235 GA 60° C. WMS313 5′ CCG CCC TCA TTA AGT TTC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 263) 5′ TTT GAC AAG TAC ACG AGT CTG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 264) 156 CT,GT 55° C. WMS314 5′ AGG AGC TCC TCT GTG CCA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 265) 5′ TTC GGG ACT CTC TTC CCT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 266) 170 CT 55° C. WMS316 5′ CAT GGA CAT TTT ACC ACA AGA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 267) 5′ TGC GTG TGG TCC ACC TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 268) 176 AT,GT 55° C. WMS319 5′ GGT TGC TGT ACA AGT GTT CAC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 269) 5′ CGG GTG CTG TGT GTA ATG AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 270) 200 CT 55° C. WMS320 5′ CGA GAT ACT ATG GAA GGT GAG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 271) 5′ ATC TTT GCA AGG ATT GCC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 272) >263 GT,GA 55° C. WMS321 5′ CAA TGT GGA GAC GGT GTG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 273) 5′ TGT TGC ATG CGA TCA TGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 274) 265 GT.GAimp 60° C. WMS322 5′ TCA CAA AAT GAT TTC TCA TCC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 275) 5′ TGC AGA AAA CCA ACA AGG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 276) 119 GA 55° C. WMS325 5′ TTT CTT CTG TCG TTC TCT TCC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 277) 5′ TTT TTA CGC GTC AAC GAC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 278) 131 CT 55° C. WMS328 5′ GCA ATC CAC GAG AAG AGA GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 279) 5′ CAC AAA CTC TTG ACA TGT GCG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 280) 193 GT 55° C. WMS330 5′ TTG CTA TCC ATG TGC CAG AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 281) 5′ ACA TGT TTC ATG CAG GTA GCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 282) 165 GTT 55° C. WMS332 5′ AGC CAG CAA GTC ACC AAA AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 283) 5′ AGT GCT GGA AAG AGT AGT GAA GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 284) 231 GA 60° C. WMS333 5′ GCC CGG TCA TGT AAA ACG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 285) 5′ TTT CAG TTT GCG TTA AGC TTT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 286) 150 GA 55° C. WMS334 5′ AAT TTC AAA AAG GAG AGA GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 287) 5′ AAC ATG TGT TTT TAG CTA TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 288) 123 GA 50° C. WMS335 5′ CGT ACT CCA CTC CAC ACG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 289) 5′ CGG TCC AAG TGC TAC CTT TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 290) 187 (225) GA,GCGT 55° C. WMS336 5′ CCC TTT AAT CTC GCT CCC TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 291) 5′ GTC TCT TTC TCG TAC TTC CAG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 292) 108 CT 55° C. WMS337 5′ CCT CTT CCT CCC TCA CTT AGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 293) 5′ TGC TAA CTG GCC TTT GCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 294) 183 CT,CACT,CA 55° C. WMS339 5′ AAT TTT CTT CCT CAC TTA TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 295) 5′ AAA CGA ACA ACC ACT CAA TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 296) 159 CT 60° C. WMS340 5′ GCA ATC TTT TTT CTG ACC ACG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 297) 5′ ACG AGG CAA GAA CAC ACA TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 298) 132 GA 60° C. WMS341 5′ TTC AGT GGT AGC GGT CGA G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 299) 5′ CCG ACA TCT CAT GGA TCC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 300) 133 (150) CT 55° C. WMS342 5′ TAT CCA GAG CAG ACG GAC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 301) 5′ GGT CTA GCT TCG ACG ACA CT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 302) 169 CT 55° C. WMS344 5′ CAA GGA AAT AGG CGG TAA TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 303) 5′ ATT TGA GTC TGA AGT TTG CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 304) 131 CT 55° C. WMS346 5′ CAA GCA AGG TTT CGT TTT ATC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 305) 5′ GCA TGT GGT CCA TGT ACT GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 306) 203 AT,GT 55° C. WMS349 5′ GGC TTC CAG AAA ACA ACA GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 307) 5′ ATC GGT GCG TAC CAT CCT AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 308) 230 GA 55° C. WMS350 5′ ACC TCA TCC ACA TGT TCT ACG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 309) 5′ GCA TGG ATA GGA CGC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 310) 146 CT 55° C. WMS353 5′ CCA TGT TGA GTA GGT TCA GCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 311) 5′ CTT GGC CAG AAG CTA CGA AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 312) 179 GCCT,CT 60° C. WMS356 5′ AGC GTT CTT GGG AAT TAG AGA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 313) 5′ CCA ATC AGC CTG CAA CAA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 314) 224 GA 55° C. WMS357 5′ TAT GGT CAA AGT TGG ACC TCG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 315) 5′ AGG CTG CAG CTC TTC TTC AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 316) 123 GA 55° C. WMS358 5′ AAA CAG CGG ATT TCA TCG AG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 317) 5′ TCC GCT GTT GTT CTG ATC TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 318) 164 GAimp 55° C. WMS359 5′ CTA ATT GCA ACA GGT CAT GGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 319) 5′ TAC TTG TGT TCT GGG ACA ATG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 320) 217 CT,CTTimp 55° C. WMS361 5′ GTA ACT TGT TGC CAA AGG GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 321) 5′ ACA AAG TGG CAA AAG GAG ACA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 322) 126 GAimp 60° C. WMS368 5′ CCA TTT CAC CTA ATG CCT GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 323) 5′ AAT AAA ACC ATG AGC TCA CTT GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 324) 249 AT 60° C. WMS369 5′ CTG CAG GCC ATG ATG ATG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 325) 5′ ACC GTG GGT GTT GTG AGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 326) 188 CTimp 60° C. WMS371 5′ GAC CAA GAT ATT CAA ACT GGC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 327) 5′ AGC TCA GCT TGC TTG GTA CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 328) 170 CA,GA 60° C. WMS372 5′ AAT AGA GCC CTG GGA CTG GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 329) 5′ GAA GGA CGA CAT TCC ACC TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 330) >329 GA 60° C. WMS374 5′ ATA GTG TGT TGC ATG CTG TGT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 331) 5′ TCT AAT TAG CGT TGG CTG CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 332) 213 GT 60° C. WMS375 5′ ATT GGC GAC TCT AGC ATA TAC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 333) 5′ GGG ATG TCT GTT CCA TCT TAG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 334) 156 CA 55° C. WMS376 5′ GGG CTA GAA AAC AGG AAG GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 335) 5′ TCT CCC GGA GGG TAG GAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 336) 147 CA,GAimp 60° C. WMS382 5′ GTC AGA TAA CGC CGT CCA AT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 337) 5′ CTA CGT GCA CCA CCA TTT TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 338) 115 GA 60° C. WMS383 5′ ACG CCA GTT GAT CCG TAA AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 339) 5′ GAC ATC AAT AAC CGT GGA TGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 340) 195 GT 60° C. WMS384 5′ TTT TCA TTG TGC CCT CTA CT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 341) 5′ GCC AAG TTT CTT AGC TAG TTA A 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 342) 204 GTimp 55° C. WMS388 5′ CTA CAA TTC GAA GGA GAG GGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 343) 5′ CAC CGC GTC AAC TAC TTA AGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 344) 162 CT,CA,CA, 60° C. WMS389 5′ ATC ATG TCG ATC TCC TTG ACG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 345) 5′ TGC CAT GCA CAT TAG CAG AT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 346) 130 CT,GT 60° C. WMS390 5′ AAG TTT CAC ACA AGA TCT CTC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 347) 5′ TGA CAA GTA CAC GAG TCT GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 348) 143 CT,GT 55° C. WMS391 5′ ATA GCG AAG TCT CCC TAC TCC A 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 349) 5′ ATG TGC ATG TCG GAC GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 350) 150 CA,GA 55° C. WMS393 5′ TCA TCT GCT ATT TGT GCT ACA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 351) 5′ TCA AAT ACA CCA ATG TGC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 352) 107 CA 55° C. WMS395 5′ TAC AAC CGC AAG TAA TGC CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 353) 5′ TAC CAA CAC CCT AGC CCT TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 354) 147 CA 60° C. WMS397 5′ TGT CAT GGA TTA TTT GGT CGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 355) 5′ CTG CAC TCT CGG TAT ACC AGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 356) 179 CT 55° C. WMS400 5′ GTG CTG CCA CCA CTT GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 357) 5′ TGT AGG CAC TGC TTG GGA G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 358) 139 CA 60° C. WMS403 5′ CGA CAT TGG CTT CGG TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 359) 5′ ATA AAA CAG TGC GGT CCA GG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 360) 133 CA 55° C. WMS408 5′ TCG ATT TAT TTG GGC CAC TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 361) 5′ GTA TAA TTC GTT CAC AGC ACG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 362) 176 CA 55° C. WMS410 5′ GCT TGA GAC CGG CAC AGT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 363) 5′ CGA GAC CTT GAG GGT CTA GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 364) 334 CA 55° C. WMS411 5′ CCC ATA CGA TGA TGT GTT TCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 365) 5′ CAA ACG GAA CAT GGT CCC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 366) 148 CT 55° C. WMS412 5′ ATC AAC AAG GTT TGT GTG TTG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 367) 5′ ATG AAA CGC GAC CTC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 368) 121 GA 55° C. WMS413 5′ TGC TTG TCT AGA TTG CTT GGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 369) 5′ GAT CGT CTC GTC CTT GGC A 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 370) 94 GA 60° C. WMS415 5′ GAT CTC CCA TGT CCG CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 371) 5′ CGA CAG TCG TCA CTT GCC TA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 372) 131 GAimp 55° C. WMS425 5′ GAG CCC ACA AGC TGG CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 373) 5′ TCG TTC TCC CAA GGC TTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 374) >143 CT 60° C. WMS427 5′ AAA CTT AGA ACT GTA ATT TCA GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 375) 5′ AGT GTG TTC ATT TGA CAG TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 376) 215 CA 50° C. WMS428 5′ CGA GGC AGC GAG GAT TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 377) 5′ TTC TCC ACT AGC CCC GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 378) 143 GA 60° C. WMS429 5′ TTG TAC ATT AAG TTC CCA T 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 379) 5′ TTT AAG GAC CTA CAT GAC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 380) 221 (290) CT 50° C. WMS434 5′ ATG AGT TCC GCC AAA GAA TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 381) 5′ ACG AAA TAC ACA AGT GGG ACA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 382) 216 GT 55° C. WMS437 5′ GAT CAA GAC TTT TGT ATC TCT C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 383) 5′ GAT GTC CAA CAG TTA GCT TA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 384) 109 CT 50° C. WMS440 5′ CCT ATG GTC TCC ATC ATG AGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 385) 5′ TCA TGT CAA CTC AAG AAC ACG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 386) 112 CT 50° C. WMS443 5′ GGG TCT TCA TCC GGA ACT CT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 387) 5′ CCA TGA TTT ATA AAT TCC ACC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 388) 134 CA,GA 55° C. WMS445 5′ TTT GTT GGG GGT TAG GAT TAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 389) 5′ CCT TAA CAC TTG CTG GTA GTG A 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 390) 192 CT 55° C. WMS448 5′ AAA CCA TAT TGG GAG GAA AGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 391) 5′ CAC ATG GCA TCA CAT TTG TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 392) 231 GA 60° C. WMS455 5′ ATT CGG TTC GCT AGC TAC CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 393) 5′ ACG GAG AGC AAC CTG CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 394) 151 GTimp 55° C. WMS456 5′ TCT GAA CAT TAC ACA ACC CTG A 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 395) 5′ TGC TCT CTC TGA ACC TGA AGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 396) 132 GA 55° C. WMS458 5′ AAT GGC AAT TGG AAG ACA TAG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 397) 5′ TTC GCA ATG TTG ATT TGG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 398) 113 CA 60° C. WMS459 5′ ATG GAG TGG TCA CAC TTT GAA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 399) 5′ AGC TTC TCT GAC CAA CTT CTC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 400) >138 GA 55° C. WMS469 5′ CAA CTC AGT GCT CAC ACA ACG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 401) 5′ CGA TAA CCA CTC ATC CAC ACC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 402) >156 Cr 60° C. WMS471 5′ CGG CCC TAT CAT GGC TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 403) 5′ GCT TGC AAG TTC CAT TTT GC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 404) 149 CA 60° C. WMS473 5′ TCA TAC GGG TAT GGT TGG AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 405) 5′ CAC CCC CTT GTT GGT CAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 406) 220 GTimp 55° C. WMS476 5′ ATG GGT TCG TAC TAA CAT CAG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 407) 5′ TTG CTG GTA GCT TCA ATC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 408) >194 GAimp 60° C. WMS480 5′ TGC TGC TAC TTG TAC AGA GGA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 409) 5′ CCG AAT TGT CCG CCA TAG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 410) 188 CT,CA 60° C. WMS484 5′ ACA TCG CTC TTC ACA AAC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 411) 5′ AGT TCC GGT CAT GGC TAG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 412) 145 CT 55° C. WMS494 5′ ATT GAA CAG GAA GAC ATC AGG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 413) 5′ TTC CTG GAG CTG TCT GGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 414) 198 CA 60° C. WMS495 5′ GAG AGC CTC GCG AAA TAT AGG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 415) 5′ TGC TTC TGG TGT TCC TTC G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 416) 168 GA 60° C. WMS497 5′ GTA GTG AAG ACA AGG GCA TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 417) 5′ CCG AAA GTT GGG TGA TAT AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 418) >106 GTimp 55° C. WMS499 5′ ACT TGT ATG CTC CAT TGA TTG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 419) 5′ GGG GAG TGG AAA CTG CAT AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 420) 145 GA 60° C. WMS501 5′ GGC TAT CTC TGG CGC TAA AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 421) 5′ TCC ACA AAC AAG TAG CGC C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 422) 172 CA 60° C. WMS512 5′ AGC CAC CAT CAG CAA AAA TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 423) 5′ GAA CAT GAG CAG TTT GGC AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 424) 185 CT 60° C. WMS513 5′ ATC CGT AGC ACC TAC TGG TCA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 425) 5′ GGT CTG TTC ATG CCA CAT TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 426) 144 CA 60° C. WMS515 5′ AAC ACA ATG GCA AAT GCA GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 427) 5′ CCT TCC TAG TAA GTG TGC CTC A 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 428) 134 GTimp 60° C. WMS518 5′ AAT CAC AAC AAG GCG TGA CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 429) 5′ CAG GGT GGT GCA TGC AT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 430) 166 CA 55° C. WMS530 5′ AAA TAG GAC AAC CCA CGG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 431) 5′ TCA ACT TCT TGG CCT CCA TC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 432) 186 CT 55° C. WMS532 5′ ACT GCG TGT GCC TAC AAT TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 433) 5′ TCA CTC GCA CTC GAT AGG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 434) 142 GT 60° C. WMS533 5′ AAG GCG AAT CAA ACG GAA TA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 435) 5′ GTT GCT TTA GGG GAA AAG CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 436) 147 CT,CA 60° C. WMS537 5′ ACA TAA TGC TTC CTG TGC ACC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 437) 5′ GCC ACT TTT GTG TCG TTC CT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 438) 209 CA,TA 60° C. WMS538 5′ GCA TTT CGG GTG AAC CC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 439) 5′ GTT GCA TGT ATA CGT TAA GCG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 440) 147 GTimp 60° C. WMS540 5′ TCT CGC TGT GAA ATC CTA TTT C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 441) 5′ AGG CAT GGA TAG AGG GGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 442) 129 CTimp 55° C. WMS544 5′ TAG AAT TCT TTA TGG GCT CTG C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 443) 5′ AGG ATT CCA ATC CTT CAA AAT T 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 444) 167 CT,ATCT,CT 55° C. WMS550 5′ CCC ACA AGA ACC TTT GAA GA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 445) 5′ CAT TGT GTG TGC AAG GCA C 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 446) 150 CT,GT 55° C. WMS554 5′ TGC CCA CAA CGG AAC TTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 447) 5′ GCA ACC ACC AAG CAC AAA GT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 448) 160 CT,GTimp 60° C. WMS565 5′ GCG TCA GAT ATG CCT ACC TAG G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 449) 5′ AGT GAG TTA GCC CTG AGC CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 450) 142 CA 60° C. WMS566 5′ TCT GTC TAC CCA TGG GAT TTG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 451) 5′ CTG GCT TCG AGG TAA GCA AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 452) 130 CA,TA 60° C. WMS569 5′ GGA AAC TTA TTG ATT GAA AT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 453) 5′ TCA ATT TTG ACA GAA GAA TT 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 454) 134 GT 47° C. WMS570 5′ TCG CCT TTT ACA GTC GGC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 455) 5′ ATG GGT AGC TGA GAG CCA AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 456) 143 CT,GT 60° C. WMS573 5′ AAG AGA TAA CAT GCA AGA AA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 457) 5′ TTC AAA TAT GTG GGA ACT AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 458) 212 CA 50° C. WMS577 5′ ATG GCA TAA TTT GGT GAA ATT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 459) 5′ TGT TTC AAG CCC AAC TTC TAT T 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 460) 133 CA,TA 55° C. WMS582 5′ AAG CAC TAC GAA AAT ATG AC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 461) 5′ TCT TAA GGG GTG TTA TCA TA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 462) 151 CA 50° C. WMS583 5′ TTC ACA CCC AAC CAA TAG CA 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 463) 5′ TCT AGG CAG ACA CAT GCC TG 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 464) 165 CA 60° C. WMS588 5′ GAT CCC CAA TTG CAT GTT G 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 465) 5′ CTT GCA ACT GGG GGA CAC 3′ (SEQ. ID NO. 466) 102 GT 60° C. *‘CS’ Wcizcnsoric ‘Chinese Spring’

These markers are distinguished by a high degree of polymorphism between different wheat varieties or lines and usually detect several alleles per genetic locus in different wheat lines.

They can therefore be used for DNA fingerprinting, species identification, relationship or similarity studies, characterization of cytological lines, such as deletion lines, substitution lines, addition lines, etc. and all forms of genetic mappings, including mapping of individual genes and quantitative distinguishing features (QTLs). In addition, their use is also very suitable for automation and it is possible to carry out the detection of the products with nonradioactive methods.

With the help of this inventive marker, the possibility is provided, for example, of differentiating almost all European wheat lines.

The invention is described in greater detail below by means of examples.

1. Amplification of the Microsatellite Markers

The microsatellite markers are amplified according to the following protocol:

-   -   10 mM tris-HCl, pH 8     -   50 mM KCl     -   1.5 mM MgCl₂ (in a few exceptional cases 3 mM MgCl₂)     -   0.01% (w/v) gelatin     -   0.2 mM of each desoxynucleotide     -   250 nM of each primer (in each case to the left and right of a         pair)     -   1-2 units taq polymerase     -   50-150 ng matrixes (template) DNA         are amplified in a volume of 25 or 50 μL according to the         following profile:

92° C.  3 minute 92° C.  1 minute (denaturing phase) 60° C.  1 minutes (annealing phase) 45 cycles 72° C.  2 minutes (elongation phase) 72° C. 10 minutes (extension phase)

The amplification takes place in a Perkin Elmer 9600 with lid heating or in an MJ Research Thermocycler without lid heating. In this apparatus, a layer of mineral oil is placed over the reactions. The temperature of the annealing phase depends on the melting point (T_(m)) of the primer and in some cases even is 50° C. or 55° C.

2. Separation of the Microsatellite Markers on Polyacrylamide Gels, Which Are Not Denaturing

The PCR reactions are mixed with 1/10 volume of stop buffer (0.02 M tris acetate of pH 8.1, 0.025 M sodium acetate, 0.02 M EDTA, 70% glycerin, 0.2% SDS, 0.6% bromphenol blue, 0.6% xylene cyanol) and in each case 25 μL are separated in 10% polyacrylamide gels (1.5 mm thick, 18 cm long).

-   -   Formulation for polyacrylamide gel (10%):

25 mL stock acrylamide solution (19 g acrylamide, 1 g bisacrylamide, diluted to 100 mL with water) 10 mL 5X TBE (1X TBE = 0.09 M tris borate of pH 8.3, 0.002 M EDTA 15 mL water are mixed and the polymerization is started by the addition of 220 μL of ammonium persulfate (10%, freshly prepared) and 20 μL of TEMED. Immediately after the addition, the mixture is poured into the sealed gel mold and the comb for forming pockets is inserted. The polymerization is completed after about 1 hour. The gel is placed in the gel chamber and a preliminary run is carried out without samples for about 30 minutes at 150 volts in 1× TBE. After that, the samples are loaded (25 μL of each) and the separation is carried out for 14-16 hours at 100 volts.

After the electrophoresis is completed, the gel is stained for about minutes in ethidium bromide (1-2 drops of 10 mg/mL in 1 liter of water) and the fragments are made visible by a UV transilluminator and documented.

3. Separation of Microsatellite Markers on Denaturing Gels

For the separation of the amplified fragments on denaturing gels, an automatic laser fluorescence (A.L.F.) sequencer (Pharmacia), for example, is used. In order to enable the fragments to be detected by means of a laser, one primer per pair is marked at the 5′ end with fluorescein. Per PCR reaction, 0.3 to 1.5 microliters are mixed with 2.5 microliters of stop buffer (deionized formamide; 5 mg/mL dextran blue), denatured (1 minute; 90° C.) and loaded onto the gel. Gel plates with a 9 cm separation distance are used, as recommended by the manufacturer for the fragment analysis. The gel solution contains 6.5% Long-Ranger (AT Biochem), 7M urea and 1.2× TBE buffer. The gels are 0.35 or 0.5 mm thick. The conditions for the gel run are 600 V, 40 mA, 50 W, 0.84 s data collection interval and 2 mW laser energy. The gel runs are ended after about 80 to 90 minutes. This is sufficient for detecting fragments up to a size of 300 bp. A gel can be used for four or five runs. For each gel run, a data set is obtained. With this data set and by means of internal size standards, the exact fragment sizes are determined in the computer program Fragment Manager (Pharmacia) and thus the smallest size differences of a base pair are determined. 

1. A method of genotyping plants of the species Triticum aestivum and the genus Triticeae at a microsatellite locus, the method comprising a) amplifying chromosomal DNA with one or more oligonucleotide primer pairs specifically hybridizing to said locus of a region of said chromosomal DNA, wherein said region of the DNA comprises a repeated motif to obtain an amplification product, b) wherein each primer pair consists of a first oligonucleotide of SEQ ID NO. x and a second oligonucleotide of SEQ ID NO. x+1, and wherein x=1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, and/or 19; and c) size fractionating the amplification product to provide a measure of the said motif of the chromosomal DNA between said primer pairs, wherein the size of the amplification product is polymorphic for said locus and provides a marker for genotyping said plants.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of using the resulting genotype for a further step chosen from the group consisting of DNA fingerprinting, species identification, relationship studies, similarity studies, characterization of cytological lines, and genetic mapping.
 3. The method claim 1, further comprising amplifying the chromosomal DNA with one or more primer pairs, wherein said primer pairs have a first oligonucleotide of SEQ ID NO: x and a second oligonucleotide of SEQ ID NO: x+1, and wherein x=95, 111, 156, 293, 337, 369, 437, 493, 553, and/or
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